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bottom up processing

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sensation

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the process by which we receive physical energy from the environment through our senses then travels to the brain

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sensation

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the focusing of conscious awareness on one particular stimulus; choosing what to pay attention to

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selective attention

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failing to see visible objects when our attention is directed elsewhere

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inattention blindness

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failing to notice changes in the environment

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change blindness

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the minimum stimulation needed to detect a particular stimulus 50% of the time

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absolute threshold

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below one’s absolute threshold for conscious awareness

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subliminal

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the minimum difference between two stimuli required for detection 50% of the time =, experience as a just noticeable difference

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difference threshold

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the principle that, to be perceived as different, two stimuli must differ by a constant percentage

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Webers law

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diminished sensitivity as a consequence of constant stimulation

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sensory adaptation

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when hot tubs don’t feel hot anymore because you’re used to it, this is because of

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sensory adaptation

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we can only hear one voice among many

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cocktail party phenomenon

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distance from peak to peak, determines the hue

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frequency/wavelength

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vision short waves=

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bluish colors

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vision long waves=

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relish colors

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determines the brightness

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amplitude, intensity, height

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vision greater amp=

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brighter colors

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vision shorter amp=

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duller colors

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outer layer of the eye

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cornea

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white gel between the lens &retina

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vitreous humor/ fluid/chamber

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adjustable opening in the center of the eye

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pupil

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muscle around the pupil, colored portion, controls the size

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irus

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transparent structure behind the pupil, changes shape to focus images on the retina

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lens

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the process of the lens changing shape to help focus on the near or far objects

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accomodation

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clouding of the lens; difficulty recognizing depth

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cataracts

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sharpness of vision

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acuity

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seeing things close up more clearly than far away

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nearsightedness

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seeing things far away more clearly than close up

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farsightedness

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myopia

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nearsightedness

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hyperopia

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farsightedness

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inner surface of the eye, contains rods and cones, transduction takes place

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retina

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transforming of stimulus energies into neural impulses

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transduction

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central point in the retina, house cones

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forea

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carries neural impulses to the brain (thalamus to occipital bone)

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optic nerve

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are individual neurons—or groups of neurons—in the brain which code for perceptually significant stimuli

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feature detectors

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allows us to see in bright light, different colors

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cones

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allows us to see black and whites, peripheral vision

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rods

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where the optic nerve leaves the eye, no receptor cells are located there

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blind spot

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stimultaneous processing of several aspects of a problem

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parallel processing

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we can’t see certain colors together in a combination, these are antagonists/ apponents colors

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opponent processing theory

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we have 3 cones (red, blue, green), all types of colors come from combinations of these colors

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trichromatic theory

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hereditary, Ishihara color test, color deficiency, usually reds and greens

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color blindness

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the sense of hearing

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audition

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the fleshy outer part of the ear

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finna

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what sound waves travel down

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auditory canal/eardrum

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eardrum/vibrations

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tympanic membrane

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3 tiny bones in ear

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hammer, anvil, stirrup

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membrane to be vibrated off to go to inner ear

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oval window

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snail shaped, filled with fluid + cilia

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cochlea

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when the fluid and cilia move, the sound waves turn to neural impulses

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transduction

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nerve that sends impulse to temporal lobe

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auditory nerve

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damage to the mechanical system that conducts sound waves to the cochea, damage to the outer/middle ear, can be fixed

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conductional hearing loss

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damage to cilia, prolonged exposure to loud noise, pernament damage

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nerve hearing loss/sesorineural

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hearing wavelength/ frequency determines

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pitch

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hearing great wavelength =

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higher pitch

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hearing lower wavelength =

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lower pitch

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hearing amplitude determines

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sounds and volume

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hearing great amp =

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loud

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hearing lesser amp =

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soft

60
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different hairs vibrate in the cochlea according to different pitches

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place theory

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all the hairs vibrate but at different speeds

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frequency theory

62
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nerve endings all over the skin in response to:

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temperature, pain, pressure

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temperature’s are only:

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HOT AND COLD

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where nerve endings are processed

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sensory cortex

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receptors will fire if nerve endings are stimulated sharply

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pain

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nociceptor

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nerve endings

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small fibers open gate when pain is stimulated, large fibers close gate

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Gate Control Theory

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sensation that an amputated or missing limb is still attacked ,
(tough/sensory cortex)

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phantom limb

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the sense of taste

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gustation

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taste buds that absorb chemicals, and transduction occurs

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papillae

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taste sensations:

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sweet, sour, salty, bitter, umami

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olfaction

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smell

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nerve that carries smells to the brain

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olfactory nerve

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where are body is oriented in space

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vestibular sense

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tells us where body parts are

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kinesthetic sense

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perceiving an image separate from its surroundings

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figure ground

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our tendency to integrate pieces of information into meaningful wholes

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gestalt

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grouping of nearby figures together

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proximity

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|| || || seeing 3 groups instead of 6 lines demonstrates

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proximity

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grouping of figures that are similar

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similarity

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If someone wheres Blue to a game, we assume they are an allegany fan. This demonstrates ?

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similarity

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perceiving continuous patterns

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continuity

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filling in gaps

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closure

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< > , creating a square demonstrates

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closure

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the ability to see objects in 3D, allows us to judge distance

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depth perception

86
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test that determines whether or not a child has depth perception

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Visual cliff

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the closer the object, the larger the disparity

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retinal disparity

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two eyes move inward the closer the object

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convergence

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a type of perspective used by artists in which the relative size, shape, and position of objects are determined by drawn or imagined lines converging at a point on the horizon

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linear perspective

90
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more distant objects are seen as smaller

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relative size

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closer objects block further ones

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INTERPOSITON

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clear images are seen more clearly than further ones

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relative shadow

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closer objects appear faster

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relative motion

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an illusion of movement when two or more adjacent lines or objects are blinking on and off

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phi-phenomenon

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perceiving objects as unchanging even as illumination and retina IMAGE change

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perceptual constancy

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seeing a brick wall as red in the dark is

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perceptual constancy- color

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seeing an open or closed door the same is

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perceptual constancy- shape

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seeing people far away still as people sized and not as midgets

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perceptual constancy- size

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experiences, assumptions, and expectations that influence what we perceive (someone liking a song and you not)

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perceptual set

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our perceptions will vary based on context and background

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context

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we have the ability to adjust to an artificial or distorted visual field

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perceptual adaptation

102
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the study of paranormal phenomena

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parapsychology

103
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controlling things w your mind, mind over matter

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psychokinesis

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perception w out sensory input

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Extra Sensory Perception

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reading minds

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telepathy

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perceiving events that are currently happening elsewhere

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clairvoyance

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ability to channel dead spirits

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mediumship

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perceiving future events

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precognition

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the people who study parapsychology

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parapsychologists

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